Hotels

One of my favourite properties in North America is the Park Hyatt New York. After my stay at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City, I stayed at the Park Hyatt in Manhattan over the weekend. My suite in Jersey City was spectacular, so I was coming in with fairly high expectations. I’ve stayed once before when…

Hotels in Manhattan are often very expensive during peak season. The Hyatt Regency Jersey City is actually one of my favourite hotels in the area because of easy access to downtown NYC through PATH. The station is a stone’s throw from the hotel’s entrance, and has fast access to Newark Airport as well. The Freddie Awards were being…

Best Rate Guarantees are one of the best ways to get discounts off online rates by finding lower rates on competing sites. Most chains offer 10-25% off the competiting rate. Back in the day, IHG Best Price Guarantees were one of the best ways to get free nights as the IHG program offered the first…

I really haven’t written about hotel corporate codes before in detail. I’ve hinted at it here and there, but nothing really as prominent as this. So I hope this helps… What are Hotel Corporate Codes? Corporate codes and rates are for companies who spend significantly on travel. They are able to negotiate special rates for…

When I travel, the hotel experience is as important as the flight experience and the destination. I tend to veer away from lower-priced accommodations that travellers my age generally stay at. The majority of my hotel stays are at Upper Upscale/Luxury properties, so paying the normal price for those properties would make it out of reach with the travel…

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